The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Building 76

The Koch Institute fosters information-sharing and collaboration among biologists and engineers seeking innovative new ways to understand and eradicate cancer.

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The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Building 76

500 Main Street, Cambridge, MA

Status:Complete

Themes:Innovation and collaborationSustainabilityEnhancement of life and learning

Completion:2010

The Koch Institute fosters information-sharing and collaboration among biologists and engineers seeking innovative new ways to understand and eradicate cancer.

Overview

Status

Complete

Completion Date

2010

Themes and priorities

Innovation and collaboration

Sustainability

Enhancement of life and learning

Designed to revolutionize the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of cancer, the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research fosters information-sharing and collaboration among biologists and engineers working to understand and eradicate the disease. The building’s leading-edge laboratory, work, and meeting spaces are adjacent to clustered common areas that promote chance encounters and cross-disciplinary interaction. By integrating innovations in biology, genomics, chemistry, engineering, and computer science, the Koch Institute strives to accelerate the transformation of new discoveries into direct benefits for patients.

The LEED Gold-certified Koch Institute encompasses over 40 laboratories and more than 500 researchers in-house and throughout the campus, transforming and transcending the MIT Center for Cancer Research (CCR) founded in 1974 by Nobel Laureate and MIT professor Salvador Luria. Now the heart of cancer research at MIT, the Koch Institute is one of eight National Cancer Institute-designated basic (non-clinical) research centers in the U.S.